Waiting for the Barbarians

About Director

⁣⁣Georges Sifianos, born in Greece, is a filmmaker, visual artist, and Doctor of Philosophy. In 1995, he founded the Department of Animation Studies at ENSAD (Paris), where he taught for over twenty years, and has lectured internationally. He contributed to the founding of CARTOON, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and NEF Animation, and has served on international juries. His research on animation aesthetics led to an original, unpublished study, The Symphony of the Parthenon Frieze. He is the author of The Aesthetics of Animated Film (McLaren–Lambart Award 2014; Hemingway Grant 2015). His films include Smile, Odeur de ville, Tutu, C’est môa, The Blind Writer (around twenty international awards), Waiting for the Barbarians and the feature-length documentary Petrochemicals: The Cathedrals of the Desert. In 2025, he received the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies at Animafest Zagreb.